Yet another translation question:) This is about a watch that is going late ... original meaning perfectly. Any suggestions? "Though it probably costed a lot...
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cagri coltekin
cagricoltekin
Oct 1, 2004 12:44 pm
... A combination of two: (1) Muhtemelen çok pahalı olmasına rağmen onunla çok sorunum var: sık sık geri kalıyor. "olduğuna rağmen" does not sound...
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n_a_l_u_n_a
Oct 1, 2004 7:39 pm
Selamlar does anybody know sth about these books?? look: http://www.turkishbooks.com/multipleadd.php?S_ID=TB-00000441 I've just ordered it.. has any of u...
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John Guise
jjgcv
Oct 1, 2004 9:26 pm
... From: turkishlearner@yahoogroups.com Date: 10/02/04 00:11:56 To: turkishlearner@yahoogroups.com Subject: [turkishlearner] translation :) ... Viktor ...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 1, 2004 11:21 pm
... Thanks :) These were not my own sentences. It was from a text that i chose to translate into Turkish for practice. But thank you for your comments anyway. ...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 1, 2004 11:46 pm
... Thanks to you too and to everyone, it is great to have a mailing list like this one :) Viktor...
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Samuel Rafinesque
iperomisakarki
Oct 6, 2004 2:24 pm
What is the Turkish phrase for "tree line" or "timberline" (the elevation along a mountain above which trees do not grow)? Thanks. Aydin...
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Can Bican
bican
Oct 6, 2004 3:14 pm
Maybe http://www.cevreorman.gov.tr/sozluk/ may help with such a term. I couldn't find that specific phrase, but instead: Turkish: ağaç yetiştirme sınır...
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Arzu Coltekin
arzu_coltekin
Oct 7, 2004 1:51 am
Merhaba Aydın, I have a technical dictionary and it says that timber line is "dağ orman sınır çizgisi". Umarım işine yarar :) Cheers, -Arzu...
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Radácsy László
rlf_gyoke
Oct 7, 2004 7:57 am
Merhaba! Can anybody explain what is the difference between gerekmek, lazım olmak and lazım gelmek in expressing a must? Laszlo [Non-text portions of this...
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BARDANT Jean-Xavier
jxbardant
Oct 7, 2004 8:19 am
... and ... "Gerekmek"; and "lazım olmak" mean the same but gerekmek is "öztürkçe", while "lazım" comes from Arabic. "Lazım gelmek" might be "to seem...
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İhsanKÖK
ihsan_68
Oct 7, 2004 9:20 am
Gelmem lazım = gelmem gerikiyor = gelmeliyim = I must come Gelmem lazım olduğunu söyledi = gelmem gerektiğini söyledi = he said that I had to come...
Merhaba! Thank you for your kind answers to my lasz question. Now I have a new one: Generally grammars say that the verb must be the last in the Turkish ...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 9, 2004 4:22 pm
... Yes, something like that :) Altaic languages tend to put the verb to the end of the sentence, but, because of the rich set of word endings, meaning is not...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 9, 2004 5:23 pm
... Yes it is Hungarian :) I intentionally chose an example that sounds similar to Turkish. Most words are not similar, actually the grammar is really similar....
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Laura Blumenthal
kafetzou2
Oct 9, 2004 5:59 pm
Merhaba Viktor That's true in the romance languages too, but they're not even remotely related. Can you give other examples of structural similarities between...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 9, 2004 6:07 pm
... For example both languages are agglutinating, we don't use prepositions. We both use vowel harmony. Generally most characteristics of Altaic languages are...
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Laura Blumenthal
kafetzou2
Oct 9, 2004 6:33 pm
Ah - sag ol! Laura 3:) From: Kugler Viktor <viktor-levlista@...> Reply-To: turkishlearner@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 20:07:40 +0200 To:...
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Radácsy László
rlf_gyoke
Oct 9, 2004 7:57 pm
I can add still "kerevet" which has the same form in Hungarian, süpür(mek) = söpör or seper, kapak = kupak, ana = anya, keçi = kecske, arpa = árpa, ...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 9, 2004 7:58 pm
... Here i can show you a difference between Hungarian and other languages :) In Hungarian the surname comes first and then the "first name" :) So my first...
4108
buker
buker@...
Oct 9, 2004 8:02 pm
In Turkish one can never say "var elmam"... "elmam var" is the only possibility... ... From: "Kugler Viktor" <viktor-levlista@...> To:...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 9, 2004 8:11 pm
... this is why i did not write var elmam :))) but in hungarian i can say van almám, with this i emphasize that i do have it - or with "almám van" i can say...
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Laura Blumenthal
kafetzou2
Oct 9, 2004 8:47 pm
That's actually true in most other languages, including Turkish. I think English is the anomaly there. In the world of Teaching English as a Second Language...
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Laura Blumenthal
kafetzou2
Oct 9, 2004 8:57 pm
Sorry - I meant "given name" and "family name". Laura 3:) From: Laura Blumenthal <kafetzou@...> Reply-To: turkishlearner@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 09 Oct...
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Arzu Coltekin
arzu_coltekin
Oct 9, 2004 9:17 pm
In Turkish too, we can say "var elmam". - Elma vereyim mi? - Var elmam, ama portakal alabilirim. And that would be just as Viktor explained for Hungarian. What...
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Arzu Coltekin
arzu_coltekin
Oct 9, 2004 9:22 pm
Jebemde sok almá van (please correct the spelling) = cebimde çok elma var. (I have many apples in my pocket) was what I heard, which includes the genitive...
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Arzu Coltekin
arzu_coltekin
Oct 9, 2004 9:28 pm
Merhaba, Although that was discussed already, I had to add my two cents :) Bir şimşek çaktı sokağın ortasında. Bir şimşek sokağın ortasında...
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Radácsy László
rlf_gyoke
Oct 9, 2004 9:29 pm
... A zsebemben (jebemben) sok (ºok) alma van. Laszlo...
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Kugler Viktor
viktorhu
Oct 9, 2004 10:06 pm
... Yes :) A zsebemben sok alma van. "A" is like "the" in english. This is a late addition to Hungarian language, earlier our language did not include it, just...
